This is a wonderful Pop Rock album. If this were the 70s or 80s, the pressing plants would struggle to cope with demand. But times have changed and it is hard getting noticed anywhere. Pop Rock is such an all encompassing genre, Leo Sayer to Bad Company, that the walls move in.
Cheap Trick manage it (and there is a song here, Got Me Running, that could be prime time CT) but they have a fanbase that take along their kids and grandkids and despite decent new albums, their setlist is still about the hits.
Surveillance reminds you of many of the best. Badfinger, Big Star etc. It rocks at times and the Guitar riffs and solos are as great as the arrangements. The only way for it to catch on is for you tell your friends, because when anyone hears this thing, there is a fair chance that they will be hooked.
Touch And Go is built on a fine Jangling riff and sounds very 60s, Merseybeat even. Blow Up Night is anthemic, the kind of the revived Aerosmith might come up with and the chorus is again Cheap Trick like. Swallowed is all Psych Folk Pop, really engaging.
Sing Bird Sing even gets a little Lennon - McCartney and Crazy Driver is great Power Pop. You've Got A Lot Of Nerve even flirts heavily with Psych Pop. God Loves All His Children has a slightly mawkish title, but is wonderfully melodic and more than a little Beatles 1967 and even gets near to Queen on the solo.
Lund is no overnight sensation. A career approaching three decades, through Loser, International Pop Overthrow and Lund Bros. But his solo stuff has taken on even greater dimensions. As well as a fine set of pipes, he is an extraordinarily good guitarist. Listen to the album and then tell everyone you know how great it is.
You can listen to and buy the album here. It is available on CD or as a download.
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